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Opening of the Palais Des Beaux-Arts with the Exhibition “The Angel of History” press release – march 8, 2013 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris : Opening of the Palais des Beaux-Arts with the exhibition “The Angel of History” « An art school must place the interaction between artists and the public at the heart of its activities. » Nicolas Bourriaud, Director On April 24th 2013, the exhibition galleries of the Beaux-Arts de Paris (ENSBA) will resume their historic name “Palais des Beaux-Arts”. The 1,000-m2 building was entirely redesigned to host a new program reflecting the school’s identity by confronting ancient and contemporary artworks, emerging artists and the rereading of recent art history. The young Neufville-Gayet Architectes agency and the scenographer Alexis Bertrand were selected to renovate the spaces of the Palais des Beaux-Arts. Their intervention, integrated into the historic building, has made it more luminous and functional. It enhances the remarkable character of this 19th century building, formerly dedicated to students and prestigious exhibitions. Le Palais des Beaux-Arts © NEUFVILLE GAYET Architectes - Alexis BERTRAND scénographe The new program of the Palais des Beaux-Arts will offer three thematic exhibitions each year, reflecting the historical spectrum covered by the school – from its ancient art collection to its new graduates, via emerging currents in today’s art and late 20th century artists. Each exhibition will be divided into four parts or paragraphs (§), like sections in a magazine: The Beaux-arts collection/ The group exhibition of contemporary art/ Rediscovering a 20th century artist/ Young artists of the Beaux-Arts de Paris. The ENSBA’s exceptional collection, comprised of 450,000 artworks, will thus have a permanent exhibition space for the first time. Press contacts : Brunswick Arts – Mustapha Bouhayati, Dorothée Schiesser, Amy de Leusse : [email protected], T : +33 (0)1 53 96 83 91 press release – march 8, 2013 “The Angel of History” April 25th – July 7th 2013 Press visit on April 24th at 10 A.M. The first exhibition of this new program, “The Angel of History”, explores the themes of ruins and debris in art. It is based on a famous text by Walter Benjamin, inspired by a watercolor by Paul Klee, the portrait of The Angel of History, “which faces backwards as it is blown towards the future”, and likens the historical process to a field of ruins. § Group exhibition of contemporary art: § The Beaux-Arts Collection: This exhibition draws together the works of “The Rhetoric of ruins from the 16th to the a generation of artists who seem to be 19th century.” surveying the ruins of history, and who (Painting, drawing, models) could be described as “digital-age primitives” because of their relationship with “The Disasters of War”: Paris in the the archives of the web, or their interest for aftermath of the Commune, photographs fragments of the past and cultural scraps. by Jules Andrieu/ France in 1915 seen by Here, these change their status as ready- French Army photographers. mades to become incriminating evidence… “The ruins of the cabinet of an amateur”: With: Marwa Arsanios, Jules de Dürer’s engravings from the Gatteaux Balincourt, Walead Beshty, Carol Bove, Collection. Isabelle Cornaro, Simon Fujiwara, Haris Epaminonda, Rebecca H. Quaytman, Rashid Johnson, Josephine Meckseper, David Noonan, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Clément Rodzielski, Slavs and Tatars, Meredyth Sparks. Hubert Robert, Le Port de Ripetta, 1766 § Rediscovering Glauco Rodrigues: This is the first solo show in France of this Brazilian artist (1929-2004) who strove to “recast” the history of his country through figurative painting contemporary to Pop Art. “The composition of the paintings is fragmented, different strata coexist without touching, the artist operates through collage. His work is extremely Glauco Rodrigues, Sexta‐feira, 24 de abril de 1500 critical, a social rather than political Série des Lettres à Pero Vaz de Caminha, 1971 critique since the social is an avatar of the political […]” Simon Njami Press contacts : Brunswick Arts – Mustapha Bouhayati, Dorothée Schiesser, Amy de Leusse : [email protected], T : +33 (0)1 53 96 83 91 press release – march 8, 2013 § The Belvédère is a new space dedicated to students and recent graduates of the Beaux-arts de Paris. Florian Fouché will inaugurate it, from April 25th to May 20th. Born in 1983, he graduated in 2010 (Ateliers Deacon, Pataut, Faigenbaum) and from the La Seine research program in 2012. He will be followed by Chloé Quenum, a 2011 graduate, from May 23rd to June 19th, then by a group show curated by Éva Barto and Jean-Baptiste Lenglet, the artistic directors of Oscillations magazine, from June 21st to July 7th. Eva Barto is a fifth-year student. Jean- Baptiste Lenglet graduated with honors in 2012. Florian Fouché The catalogue of “The Angel of History” will reorganize the four sections of the exhibition into themes. It will include, among other things, a text by Nicolas Bourriaud (The angel and the signal. Historical fragments and pieces of evidence in 21st century art), conversations with Jean-Yves Jouannais, Elie During and Pamela M. Lee, as well as comments by the invited artists and a monographic section dedicated to Glauco Rodrigues. The “Palais des Beaux-arts” project illustrates the new direction Nicolas Bourriaud intends to give to the Beaux-arts de Paris: putting art and artists at the heart of teaching. The art critic and theorist Nicolas Bourriaud was the co-founder of the Palais de Tokyo, curator at the Tate Britain in London and Head of Inspection of artistic creation at the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. He is the author of Relational Aesthetics (Presses du reel, 1998), Formes de vie (Denoël, 1999), Postproduction (Lukas & Sternberg, 2002) and The Radicant (Sternberg Press, 2009). Practical information Palais des Beaux-Arts 13, quai Malaquais, 75006 Paris Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 1 to 7 P.M Closed on May 1st Entry: 7.5€ - Free under 18 Metro line 4: Saint-Germain-des-Prés. http://www.ensba.fr Press contacts : Brunswick Arts – Mustapha Bouhayati, Dorothée Schiesser, Amy de Leusse : [email protected], T : +33 (0)1 53 96 83 91 press release – march 8, 2013 L’École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts – Heir to the Royal Academies of painting and sculpture founded under the Ancien Régime, located in the heart of Saint-Germain des Prés in an exceptional architectural ensemble, the Beaux-arts de Paris is a state public institution overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. The curriculum is based on studio work, diversity in practices and international exchange. The school delivers a 1st-cycle diploma after three years of study, and the diplôme national supérieur d’arts plastiques (DNSAP) at the end of the fifth year, equivalent to a master’s degree. A post-graduate research cycle has completed this curriculum since the first term of 2012. It places a strong emphasis on new technologies as well as on the transmission of more traditional techniques and the study of theory. The Beaux-arts de Paris represents over 500 students, 100 professors, artist-teachers and technicians, over 70 international exchange agreements with art schools all over the world, a media library offering 45,000 works and a collection of over 450,000 artworks, including the second largest collection of drawings after the Louvre’s. Sponsors This event is sponsored by Lanvin and Nespresso France, founding partners of the Palais des beaux-arts and sponsors of the exhibition “The Angel of History”. The art works produced for the exhibition "The Angel of History" benefited from the support of Banque Neuflize OBC. Les Amis des Beaux-Arts supported also the production of the recent graduates presented in the Belvédère in the exhibition “The Angel of History”. Sponsors of the school media sponsors with the support of : Press contacts : Brunswick Arts – Mustapha Bouhayati, Dorothée Schiesser, Amy de Leusse : [email protected], T : +33 (0)1 53 96 83 91 .
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